Yes, I am very interested in discussing with you the details of possible
purchase of one of my historical instruments. Unfortunately, because of the
fraudulent activities currently rampant in national / international sales of
upper-level musical instruments and bulk sale of publications, I trust that
you'll forgive my request for the following information prior to our
continued negotiation:

Your mailing address (please include country).

Your HOME telephone number (no cell phones, please).

The address of any website that documents your activity in the
music business (as a professional musician/colleector/distributor,
considering an investment at this level, I naturally assume there is one or
more website that documents your professional activity).

If you are from the EC, please include the number of your EC
Identity Card.

Please note that:

all shipping of items is via the US Post Office, and

payment is only accepted via bank draft or money order (or by
another mutually-agreed form)
and will be cashed and the
instrument held for shipping until confirmation of monetary transfer.

Again, I sincerely apologize for the severe nature of this correspondence
although I'm sure you understand my concern given the current rash of
fraudulent sales activities via internet musical sales.
I am more than happy to provide you with similar information
for your security as well.

I greatly look forward to hearing from you and remain,
With Very Highest Regards,
XXX (name / email of seller)

If you are unable or unwilling to provide this information,
please contact me (via email) within the next 72 hours!
In other cases, please note that
you name, email address and email routing information at the bottom of every
email will be logged for legal archival information as possibly
participating in felonious international activity and will be reported to
international authorities (including INTERPOL) as well as to numerous other
websites who sell musical items worldwide. (Please note that this email
routing information is available through tracking services even if the
information has been deleated via the email JAVA code manipulation.)